TABLE 3. Frequency distribution for number of scales below the lateral line for each of the three Etheostoma rupestre subspecies. Modes are listed in bold. Taxon/Drainage6789101112meann1617181920212223meannE. r. rupestre Black Warrior River North River Tombigbee River12 - 318 11 2434 41 2126 46 513 21 -2 3 -- 1 -8.2 8.7 7.5105 123 534 1 213 - 1417 18 1828 26 1614 33 315 23 -13 19 -1 3 -19.3 20.0 18.1105 123 53E. r. piersoni Cahaba River Alabama River- 1- 25 1812 1411 101 2- -9.3 8.829 47- -- -- 92 106 98 89 94 221.2 20.129 47E. r. uphapeense Uphapee Creek Hatchet Creek Etowah River Conasauga River- - 1 -6 - - 111 3 1 214 5 - -2 3 - 21 - - -- - - -8.4 9.0 7.0 8.6 Total34 11 2 5 409- - - -- 1 - -2 1 - 15 3 2 -10 2 - 213 3 - 14 1 - 1- - - -20.4 19.7 19.0 20.2 Total34 11 2 5 409

Published as part of Hilburn, Bryson G., Janosik, Alexis M. & Johnston, Carol E., 2023, Incipient speciation in allopatric Etheostoma rupestre (Percidae: Etheostomatinae) lineages, with the description of three new subspecies, pp. 163 in Zootaxa 5343 (2) on page 163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8324143